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Hoffman Receives Special Recognition Award

Charles Hoffman, CPA, received the AICPA’s 2006 Special Recognition
Award at the Institute’s National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB
Developments in Washington, D.C.

The award, presented by AICPA Vice-Chair Randy Fletchall, recognizes
Hoffman’s contributions to the development of XBRL, a mark-up language
that facilitates the preparation, analysis and communication of
business information.

Hoffman is credited with conceiving the idea of using XML to
structure financial statements and with developing the initial XBRL
prototype. He is the director of innovative solutions at UBmatrix, a
software company based in Kirkland, Wash.

Are you working with the best technology? Do you know how to help your clients determine if their technology stack measures up? In this free report, J. Carlton Collins, CPA, explains how to answer those questions via a technology assessment engagement.